gage block
nounDefinition of gage block
: a hardened steel block that is used by machinists for extremely accurate measurement and has two opposite surfaces ground and lapped plane and parallel to a thickness within a few millionths of an inch of its designated size and usually forms one of a graduated set of which two or more are often used in combination
— called also
precision block, size block
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